Milk bottle safe



April 2, 1935 E. H. BRUSH MILK BOTTLE SAFE Filed June 19, 1954 INVENTOR EHBrwsh QM, .m:

, Patented Apr. 2,1935 I I I new: I

MI'L BOTTLEiSA EI I EdWin H Brush, "Stockton, Calif." Application hus 11934, se n it). 7.3'1,s0o II I I 201mm,; v(c1, 2-32-41)- I I I This, invention relatesto=milkgbottletsafes or v"Figure is aperspective view of a holders to beused in connectionwith the delivery form of. thesafe.

.of bottlesof milk-to-homesandwhich are now JReferring nowmo-r'e' particularly toithe-char commonly left on the door step or other place --acters..o f reference on thegdrawing, and particu- 5 where they are easily stolen OIbI'OkEIl beforebely a pr l nta oFi ures 1 i073, the'sa fe or'holdei I .5

1'5 compulsory, for the housewife to return an empty, y W d 7 bottle in exchange and isput to a constant ex- .Pa s. 1

ing taken into the house. I is preferably made of sheet metal fashionedto One of the objects of my invention therefore "f rm a ctan ula tructure I avin xa ce r is to provide a holder orflsafe adapted to be vertical partition-2 dividingtheholder into duplimounted in any convenient placeaccessibleto cate eompartments.3 opento the front. Each 10 ,the millrman, by means of which abottle of milk co partmentis ofesufiicient size, to freely receive .10 when delivered is locked against theft and also. a standard milk bottle 4;, The structure lpinmaintained ina sanitary condition and so that it eludes a-licl .5 which while initially a Separate cannot beupset or broken.- f member, for-convenienceof assembly of the parts,

' It isusually the custom, and with ertai vfirms 'ist pe t y e ur d nr a hpr er b y I bottle for each filled oheQThe customer how- I "The lidandthebottomof the saf a ep i d ever sometimes forgets to put out an empty ao gtheir fcrward dg s W h fi pr j ctbottle and either does not receive a freshwsupplyfi d ach othert'which are disp s d ofwm fl k or t e milk men t, t d thelgss f th .distanceinifront oftheforwardedges of the compense for the purchase ,ofnew bottlesifl It also 'IheflangeS m de means for a doqr happens that no milk maybe left even though the the size which i sufiicient to ve th nt empty bottle has beenput;outfeithernthrough I of b t Si. utwh hvw en, in

the theft of this bottle, or'the oversight of the his ad pt dvt nly ve or close e cmpa q 5 milk man. I V ment at a:time.,, Along'its upper edge the dooris It isthereforeanother qbjectofim'y invention to sf r ed w th? r a wa dly proj n 'flans 38 provide a bottleuholder which insures .a proper e -a pu p which will s n men he oo interchange 0;f;bottles,vin that the hou'sewifecanis keptfrom inwardmovement by an 3lltpstands ,not remove the full'battle unless she 'firstiputs an ng flange! alon t bot m 0f {the omparte 3 empty one in its place andsimiIarIy the milk -para e t th adi centflan e e-so 1 ,mancannot get thejempty bottle'u'nles's he puts tween which t door moves, d a depending a full bottle in its place. 'Also" either ,bottljin flangelo along 't i lu t bwkofthe flanged. the receptacle at any one time isautomatically The S k n tf r hbyya n I! looked against removal. Not, onlythereforelis thereon which alSOfOrmS .a e 0 a -3 the milk and the empty bottle kept from? theft ts quantit d no in ial lz se u d th'ereor breaking,"butthe returnof the empty bottle andywhich isir'ecessedinzfiherdofll beis insured and possible misunderstandings and an a portion of which'is-exposed through a V disputes as to delivery or nondelivery. are avoided. an Opening t i dOOrs c e e d-ort .A'further object of the invention'is tolproduce other s e d r projects bey t j e 40 a simple and inexpensive device and yetone' which end of the Safe to e x b h r o i ea i- 3'5 lid removed. V

will be exceedingly effectivejfor the purpose for j ment; v i i walls, y ih Safe asvrwen. which it is designei as the partition 2 are slotted as at I4 to clear These objects I accomplish by means of such the flange 8 ,The f e Ofth door further than necessary to fullyflexpose either compar tm relativeerrengemntefiparis as ment at a time is prevented by a stop lug L 2352 3 35 23;$ 2 Q the 9 i g I mounted on the door at the bottom centrally be- 7- v Iv tweenits ends and, adapted to engage with thedrawmg f e a' chajmctersofreference eitherend wall of the safe; the'centr'al partition \mdlcate'mrespwdmgparistmihe several-Views: 2 being recessed as: shown in Figure '2" to permit JFigIIIB l1 is Perspective i improved- '7 of the freepassage of the lugthere past. .50

j P' wft i doorin 113s normelwsiiioni Extendingbetween" and supported 'from'theend I 2,1setransveisevertwa1seciiontof'ihe walls of thesafe-adjacenttheirontgand'abovei device. Y the height {of 'a' milk bottle'is "arod l'5, which Figure3 is a top plan view of the same with the :forms :a pivot for separate rearwardly extending I r plates :16, which for course extend into itheeccmz'5 I partments 3 in overhanging relation to the bottles therein. Sleeves I! are formed on the plates at the back end of and above the plates which support the adjacent ends of latch rods 18. These rods extend in crossing relation to each other toward the front of the safeand in superposed relation through a hole l9 in the partition 2.

The bottom wall of this opening forms a fulcrum for: the lower rod while said lower rod at the opening forms the fulcrum for the upper rod.

The rods project to'the front of the compartments back of the door and under the flange 8 where they are formed with upstanding latch-'- pins 20 adapted to alternately engage holes 2] in the flange 8 only when the door is moved so' that either compartment is fullyopened, It is to be understood that when thedoor is in such position only one or the other of the latch pins can function aswill be seen. By reason of the crossing arrangement of the latch rods it will be seen that the front ends of both rods and their latch pins are in the compartments opposite to those in which said rods 'are connected to-the respective sleeves i'l. Byreason of what amounts to the pivotal mounting of the rods in the partition 2, as the rear end of either rod is of the plate l6 may'of itself be enough to thus cause the dropping of the plate and the movement of the pin to a latching position, but to insure a positive movement I preferably mount suitable springs 22 on the lid- 5 bearing down on the plates.

'In operation one compartment is always filled while the other one is empty, the door being fast, a to cover the occupied compartment, as shown in Figure l. The exposed or open compartment being'then empty, causes the latch pin controlled by the plate l6 of said'compartment' to engage a hole 2| in the doorflange, preventing movement of the door to its opposite position and'also preventing opening of the compartment which it now covers and which contains a bottle. I

Assuming the-closed compartment to contain an empty bottle, the milk man places a-full one in the open empty compartment which immediately raises. the "corresponding plate l6, thus releasing the latch pin so that the door maybe slidto its opposite position. This allows the milk man to remove the empty bottle therefrom, leaving the correspondingcompartment empty. The

removal of this bottle releases'the adjacent plate I6 and causes the door'to be again locked-against movement from the position to which it was justmoved. The housewife up'on desiring to remove the full bottle must place anotherempty one in the now unoccupied compartment in. order to again release the door and'allow the same v to be moved to expose the full bottle.

This operation again locks the door over I the emptybottleand the safe is ready for a subsequent milk delivery. .An advantage of this mode 5 of operation is that there is no chance of'a failure to-put out an empty milk .bottle'as is the case 7 when this is 'donethelast thingat nightas is usually the case and which is frequently forgotten. I

If desired the safe la may be made with four compartments 30. as shown in Figure 4, only the two centrally locked compartments however having the door latching means as previously described, and the door la only covering the two endmost compartments at a time. This arrangement provides for the delivery of two. bottles of milk or one bottle of milk and some extra article such as cream, cottage cheese or'the like, which may be placed in the end compartment adjacent to that in which the milk is placed and before the dooris moved to a closing position over the milk." In this manner such additional articles are kept: sanitary and protected from theft.

With this structure, the door la may be provided with additional quantity and article indicating dials 23, for the various commodities other than milk, and by means of which the housekeeper may indicate her needs without having to see the delivery man or leave a note.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device,

still in practice such deviations from such detail may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' 1. A milk bottle holder comprising a unitary pair of separate vertical open-fronted compartments each adapted to receive an individual bottle, a door mounted for sliding movement over the front of the compartments to alternately close the same, and releasable locking means between each compartment separately and the door, each such locking means comprising a plate hinged in the compartment at a level above a bottle and extending thence rearwardly and downwardly whereby the top of a bottle when inserted in said compartment will engage and raise the plate, a latch element attached to the plate adjacent its rear end and extending thence diagonally of the holder tothe' front of the other compartment,

a latch pin'upstanding from the forward end of the element, fulcrum means for the element intermediate its ends, and a flange on a longitu- I dinally movable edge of the door overhanging said pin, the flange having an orifice to register with and hinged at the front thereof at a level above the top of a bottle and extending thence downwardly toward the rear whereby bottles inserted in the compartments will raise the corresponding plates at their backends, separate locking'means to engage-the doorwhenin either'position, and

connections between said plates and the separate locking means to release the latter by the raising of the plates.

EDWIN .H RUL H. 

